Ball-bearing



(No Model.)

' J. H. MYERS.

BALL BEARING.

No' 52198'7 Patented June 26, 1894,

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JAMES II. MYERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BALL-BEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,987, dated June 26, 1894. Application filed September 27, 1893. Serial No. 486,637. (Nopmodel.)

To all whom it ymay concer-n.'

Be it known that I, JAMES II. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements yin Ball-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ball bearings for use upon wheeled road vehieles, and its objects arez'lirst, to lessen the friction upon the bearings of wheeled vehicles; second, to provide a ball bearing with which the grooves in the axle and the sleeve will each-in cross section-form au unbroken semicircular bearing, and will thus avert the danger of crushing the balls by reason of irregularities in the surface of contact;

i third, to dispense with the use of nuts for securing the wheel upon the axle; and, fourth, to prevent sand and dust from getting into the working bearings. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1. is a longitudinal section of my `)ournal box upon an axle. Fig. 2. is a side view of the samewith the box removed. Fig.

3. is a cross section of Fig. 2. on the line a: x

of Fig. 1.

Similar letters referto si milar parts through-` out the several view s.

In the accompanying drawings A is the end of the axletree, and A is the spindle thereon for the reception of thewheel.

In forming my ball bearings I make a metal sleeve, C, that will lit loosely over the bearing end of the axle. I then form two or more grooves a around the outer surface of the axle, and corresponding grooves, in the sleeve, o f a proper size and forin-in transverse-section-to insure a perfect bearing over a trilie less than Yone-half the corresponding'circumference of the balls E so that the axle and the sleeve are held slightly out of contact, as indicated by the line d in Fig. 3.

In orderto insert the balls it is necessary to divide thesleeve C longitudinally, in halves, upon the line b, b, and I secure it in the box B, by means of a screw c formed upon the smaller or outer end of the sleeve, and a corresponding screw inside of the box; and to Vsecure it solidly to place and arrange for adjusting it to the wear of the balls or bearing I make this threaded end slightly tapering and long enough to extend beyond the box aud receive a jam nut D which acts a double purpose: first, of holding the sleeve firmly to place in the box when it has been properly adjusted; and, second, of preventing dust, sand, dsc., from entering the sleeve and causing the bearings t9 cut.

One of the principal objects of my inven? tion is to avert the necessity of forming a division in the bearing in the sleeve or the axle, immediately upon the line of the center of the groove where the principal bearing on the balls ytakes effect, and to accomplish this, and enable me to insert the balls it is necessary to divide the sleeve longitudinally as `hereinbefore indicated, and as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I leave a chamber c between the axle and the sleeve, which I utilize as a storagev chamber for any lubricant I may desire to use, as oil, plumbago, dto. f

To prevent dust from entering the sleeve from the back end. I form a shoulder d around the axletree, and a corresponding offset on the end of the sleeve, to lap by it, as

shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In a ball bearing, for vehicles, an axle A having grooves around its working bearing and balls to travel therein; in combination with a sleeve divided longitudinally, and having grooves formed around its inner surface,

and a supporting box, said sleeve screwed into said box and secured to revolve'with the wheel, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a ball bearing, an axle having'grooves around its working bearing,and balls to travel in said grooves; in combination with a sleeve divided longitudinally, and having corresponding grooves around its inner surface, each of said grooves being nearly semi-circular in transverse section, a supporting box secured in the hub, and the sleeve screwed into said box, and a jam nut for adjustably securing said sleeve, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

. 3. In a ball bearing, an axle having grooves around its working bearing and balls for traveling in said grooves; in combination lwith a sleeve divided longitudinallyinto halves; and a dust-tight joint, and a supporting box subhaving grooves around the inner surfaeeof `stantially as, and for the purpose set forth; ro

Said sleeve corresponding with the grooves in Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 23d the axle, each of said grooves nearly seinicirday of September, 1893. 5 cular in transverse section, an oil chamber JAMES H. M YERS.

between the axle and the s1eeve,\a closed jamb s In presence of nut at the outer end there being a groove and E. MCWHINNEY,

shoulder at the inner end of the sleeve to form I. J. CILLE Y. 

